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New Dalhousie certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia
Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia. Read more.
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Friday, August 14, 2026
Dal’s EcoHope encourages small but meaningful actions to combat anxiety around climate change, including bringing together a community of volunteers to plant a pollinator garden at a Halifax park.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year’s appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Matt Burgar has lived with a learning disability all his life, but it hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his studies or his passion for music. This Friday, the History student performs as Bob Dylan at the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia’s “A Different State of Mind” event, for which he’s raised $50,000.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Dal's annual campaign to support the United Way in both Halifax and Colchester County exceeded its goal this year, raising more than $157,000 to support the organization's work in our communities.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
This week's production of "Riders to the Sea" features a story of loss and the human spirit told twice in two different ways, via both a one-act play and an opera performance.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Social Work students took part in a simulation put on by United Way Halifax to experience the realities of poverty.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Partners from across the Dal community have come together again this year to celebrate African history and culture with a full slate of exciting events.